ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36204672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

De Witt, New York

Mean one-way trip16.9 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute15.5 min → 16.9 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 10.6%▲ 3.5 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit2.1% → 0.8%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 74.8%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.8% ±5.5 pp
Carpool6.2% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp
Walk6.5% ±3.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.6% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 5,000 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,060± 627 MOE
Workers age 16+5,000± 429 MOE
Workers with travel time4,468± 428 MOE
Estimated home workers532± 172 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.